Lethbridge
Travel Blogs from Lethbridge, Canada
A Trip to Southern Alberta
This past week has been one of errands, spring cleaning and puttering. Today we took another road trip, this time to the Lethbridge area. Don has had a longtime dream of running a combine on the harvest excursion and has been spending a lot of ...
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
... in remote areas where God has not created wireless internet yet. We traveled from Great Falls, Montana, across the Canada border, to Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. In the morning around 8 a.m., Richard, our Tailgunner (the man driving the rig that brings ...
Finals: Loss 3 - 2 Double OT, Sudden Death
Holy holy hell. What a game. So a collective "ahhhhh" is probably said as you read we did indeed "lose" this game, but it was amazing. We were down 1-0 until 47 seconds left in the second (and last) period when Tina flipped the ball in off a beautiful ...
Getting Ready for Departure
... was one of his dreams - now he will do so starting in Oklahoma and work north back into Alberta. Our trip to Lethbridge and excursion into the fields, where they were finishing spring planting and we met Ben, paid off. In preparation for the ...
Short Update
Still 'just' managing! I go for more x-rays on monday. Finally spotted the doe and two fawns that others had noted in the field. Facebook has been a boredom prevention tool this week. Computer is working much better. Today ...
Game 1 - Loss 1-0 boooooo.....
NWT vs Saskatchewan 0 -- 1 Well....the "game one jitters" are definitely gone.....honestly, I think that they literally got knocked outta the team. Really does bring the concept of full body contact to a whole new level.....seriously, I grew up ...
Game 2 - WIN 2-1...YAH Baby!!
NWT vs Manitoba 2 -- 1 PYLONS!! They were pylons, I swear!! This was an awesome game! We played hard and walked around them all over the ice.....we played a little harder than we needed to (play smart, not hard) but overall a phenomenal game ...
Game 3 - WIN 3-0
NWT vs Lethbridge 3 -- 0 OH YA...alright, I know I said the other games were awesome....but this was by far our best game of the round-robin....controlled, smart play out there on every shift. Everyone was moving out on the ice, great ...
Semi's: WIN 4 - 1 NWT vs Manitoba
Saaaaawwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeet! Goin' for gold baby! Today was one fine fine day where we basically just continued to play exactly like our previous game. We're all so pumped, and tomorrow at 1 we go for gold. NWT hasn't reached gold since 1990... 15 ...
Yeeha!
... glad we didn't. Today, we felt privileged to be able to share the Chinook Association Rodeo that took place this afternoon in Lethbridge. This was rodeo for real, not that Calgary isn't, but this was guys, girls and kids competing just like they do all ...
On the Road Again
Friday was clean-up day and this machine clean-up was particularly intensive as not a trace of dust can be emitted if the customs people at the border ask for the machine to be started. They use both high pressure air and washers to do the ...
Gathering the People and Equipment
We arrived at the trucking firm main office in Lethbridge by mid-afternoon and got our instructions for finalizing Don's visa and parking for the night. We will be crossing at Del Bonita, a small border crossing south of the farm. ...
Visitors from the East
Yesterday we were thrilled to have Brian and Rose Sarsfield from Carleton Place, ON drop by and spend the night dry camping beside us. A family wedding here at the farm gave Don the day off today, so we did a short tour of the area last night ...
Alberta
... a lovely town in the heart of the moutains. It felt like Christmas even though it was August. The area around Lethbridge where Donna lives is made up of vast yellow cornfields, straight long roads, wind farms and rattlesnakes! The contrast ...
Visitors from Calgary
... evening and Lisa couldn't leave until she rode on Monday. Sunday was spent in errands and another viewing of the Lethbridge Bridge which celebrated it's birthday this weekend. Dave couldn't leave without 'fixing' our computer. So far, ...
Finally the road trip starts
... and various other odds and sods. I also managed to get a few sights in during the day, like the coolies and the "bridge" at Lethbridge. Apart from that there wasn't much else to the town I saw, so I ...
Back to Harvesting
By early afternoon today the landscape in the vicinity of the the motor home changed dramatically. After several days of repairs and replacment of parts (Don spent 2-3 days doing nothing but replacing knives on headers), the ...
Wow! Great Campground!
We are settled into our new home behind the bunkhouse on a farm south of Lethbridge and enjoyed a great bacon and eggs breakfast on the edge of a wheat field overlooking Alberta prairie in one direction and the Rockies in another! This was a lazy ...
Curtailed Activities
Tuesday, I headed into Lethbridge to connect with Donna Brown, a friend from Almonte. She was in the west to visit her Mom and during her visit found herself involved in helping her Mother get the house ready for sale in preparation for a move into ...
Getting Ready to Go
Today is Erika's last day at work and I am here at home setting up our blog for a trip. I think we are both feeling excitement and uncertainty.....and the fact that we are really going has not fully sunk in yet. ...
Checking out Railways Again
... ;afternoon, on our way to get some groceries, we checked out the longest trestle bridge in the world, spanning Oldman river here in Lethbridge. Shopping is about 22 km away, and once supplies get low, it means a trip into Lethbridge. We viewed ...
Drive to Lethbridge, AB
On the exit to Lethbridge, there was road work and asphalt got all over the side of the RV. Two different people in the campground brought over something to clean it off: Goo-Gone and Gel-Gloss (both worked). The Gel-Gloss also waxed ...
Leaving Calgary for Lethbridge
My friend Noreen arrived Sunday morning at 11 a.m. in the pouring rain after her 2 hour trip from Lethbridge. We drove back to Lethbridge in the rain and arrived at 5:30. Noreen has lived here for about 3 years and this is the first time I have ...
Day 20
Lethbridge birding Prairies to the east with Lloyd Longspurs, sparrow, pronghorn Writing on stone provincial ...
Ah bugga...
... we slept, packed up and spent several hours jumping through hoops at Heathrow airport. Two nights in Calgary, and here I am, back in Lethbridge. It's a weird feeling, and I can't say I particularly like it right now, but I am sure I will stumble into a ...
Day 19
High River to Frank Lake to Lethbridge An early morning departure from High River to Frank Lake - an excellent birding stop south of Calgary. Fine but cold weather with the threat of afternoon showers. [less than 5 degrees]. Every kind of North ...
Food & drinks
As you've seen from our other posts we've been enjoying the food and drinks on our travels. Here are a selection of our ...

